Man Accused of Posing as "Twilight" Actor, Luring Girls

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A San Diego man was arrested in Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday after he posed as an actor from the popular film franchise “Twilight” and allegedly tried to lure a 14-year-old girl into his car, officials confirmed.

According to WHOtv, Lavera pretended to be Hollywood actor Kiowa Gordon, known for his role as Embry Call in the “Twilight” movies and started communicating with a teenage girl on social media.

On Tuesday, Lavera went to Baxter in an attempt to lure the teen girl into his car, but a friend of the teen's mother stopped him, quickly getting the girl out of his vehicle. WHOtv reported that Lavera then sped off, but was caught by police minutes later and charged with the aforementioned counts.

The ordeal left Raven’s mother, Tammy Adams, extremely frightened for her daughter’s safety. WHOtv spoke with Tammy who believes the school put children at risk by inviting Lavera onto their campus without a proper background check.

“I’m scared. Raven’s scared,” she told the Iowa station. “She’s scared he's gonna come find her. And you don’t know. I mean, this guy had weapons in his car. I mean, what was he gonna do?”

Newton police said they want to talk with anyone who’s had contact with Lavera over the past few weeks since he did have access to hundreds of kids who truly believed he was a movie star.

On Thursday the real Kiowa Gordon posted a couple of messages on his Twitter page about the incident involving Lavera. The tweets read:

My heart goes out to their families and anyone else who has been deceived or hurt by his actions.